Unable to open port using nc command. nc: Protocol not available

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • unable to open port with nc command.
# nc -vvv -l 54322
nc: Protocol not available

# nc -vvv -l 54323
nc: Protocol not available

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • nc

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